Graduate Teaching Fellowships in Accounting and Finance

Four year fully funded Graduate Teaching Fellowships for Accounting and Finance PhD students

Company: University of Liverpool

Location: Liverpool

Discipline: accounting and finance

Employment Type: 4-year PhD scholarship

Apply now: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/4-year-accounting-finance-phd-studentships?utm_source=third_party&utm_medium=akadeus&utm_campaign=gft_2026e&utm_id=gtf_2026e

Are you planning to start an Accounting and Finance PhD in October 2026? Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for one of the University of Liverpool Management School’s 4-year Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF).

Receiving one of our GTFs gives you the funds to launch your academic career, while you gain valuable teaching training and experience to become a rounded scholar:

• £20,780 annual maintenance grant*
• Full coverage of PhD programme fees
• Higher Education (HE) teacher training and practice.

This means that as well as pursuing your PhD research, you’ll also be involved in a fixed number of teaching hours during your time with us.

In year one, alongside your specific PhD research modules, you’ll complete a short teacher training programme by the University of Liverpool.

As well as gaining a formal HE teaching qualification, you’ll learn key pedagogical skills for the academic job market, primarily through shadowing mentored classroom involvement.

During the remainder of your PhD, you’ll have the opportunity to put your research skills into practice while completing your doctoral research thesis.

*Stipend amount of £20,780 for 2025/26 is for guidance purposes only and is subject to change.

Who is this for?

These studentships are open to full-time PhD students worldwide.

You’ll need a UK master’s degree, or international equivalent, in accounting and finance or a related discipline, preferably at merit or above, plus demonstrable quantitative and programming skills.

How to apply

Register and apply online before Friday 2 January 2026 at 5pm UK time.

As part of your application, you need to submit a strong research proposal in areas including, but not limited to:

Asset pricing and investment

• Empirical asset pricing and performance evaluation
• Investment technology, ethics and strategy
• Equity and other asset classes
• Financial econometrics and machine learning.

Corporate finance and accounting

• Corporate governance and shareholder value
• Corporate finance, networks and insider trading
• Market-based accounting research and corporate transparency
• Sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG).

International financial markets and the macroeconomy

• Sovereign debt and international monetary policy
• Time series analysis of macro and financial indicators
• Impact of social media on financial markets.

Financial technology (FinTech)

• Payment technologies and the future of money
• Explainable artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services
• Integration of FinTech and big data in financial markets and sustainable finance.

You should also suggest potential supervisors. Check our list of Accounting and Finance experts to find academics that align with your intended research project or contact:

• Accounting and Finance PhD Director of Studies, Dr Yang Zhao
• Accounting and Finance Group Director of Research, Professor Shantanu Banerjee.

After evaluating your application, we’ll let you know whether we’d like you to progress on to the next stage of the application process, in which case we’ll invite you for an interview.

You’ll be informed of our final decision before spring 2026.